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Biographical sketch of Charles Hockett

Spring 2008by Suzanne Kemmer

Charles F. Hockett, 1916-2000.

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Charles Hockett was an American linguist whose work followed in many
respects that of Leonard Bloomfield. Like Bloomfield he worked towards
a coherent systematic set of tools and concepts for linguistic
analysis, as well as applying those concepts to detailed and explicit linguistic
analyses, primarily in the areas of phonology and morphology.
Hockett made significant contributions to the study of American Indian
languages through these analyses,

Hockett was the son of a lecturer in American History at Ohio State
University. Hockett entered Ohio State at the age of 16, and